Football is the name given to a number of different, but related, team sports. The most popular of these worldwide is Association football, which also goes by the name of soccer. The English language word football is also applied to Rugby football (Rugby union and Rugby league), North American football (American and Canadian), Australian rules football, and Gaelic football.

While it is widely believed that the word football, or "foot ball", originated in reference to the action of a foot kicking a ball, there is a rival explanation, which has it that football originally referred to a variety of games in medieval Europe, which were played on foot.Professional Football Researchers Association Origins of Football These games were usually played by peasants, as opposed to the horse-riding sports often played by aristocrats. While there is no conclusive evidence for this explanation, the word football has always implied a variety of games played on foot, not just those that involved kicking a ball. In some cases, the word football has been applied to games which have specifically outlawed kicking the ball. (See football (word) for more details.)

All football games involve scoring with a spherical or ellipsoidal ball (itself called a football), by moving the ball into, onto, or over a goal area or line defended by the opposing team. Many of the modern games have their origins in England, but many peoples around the world have played games which involved kicking and/or carrying a ball since ancient times.

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All-star game! Ahhh ... peewee football is fan-tastic.
MatSiscoe (Mathew Siscoe) Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:32:20 -0000
All-star game! Ahhh ... peewee football is fan-tastic.
@anemoneproject its the most amazing thing. ashley is brilliant, i love him completely. never thought i'd love anything more than football!
karl_dude (Karl Allen) Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:32:18 -0000
@anemoneproject its the most amazing thing. ashley is brilliant, i love him completely. never thought i'd love anything more than football!
Now we r talkin its my second week of schoo and dis week is goin by fast!!! Its a very goo thing i can't wait till football starts
trueyankee23 (Matt Macias) Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:32:12 -0000
Now we r talkin its my second week of schoo and dis week is goin by fast!!! Its a very goo thing i can't wait till football starts
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freedomordeath (Freedomordeath) Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:32:08 -0000
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football violence raising its ugly head again !!
Alba40 (Dawn Townsend) Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:32:07 -0000
football violence raising its ugly head again !!
Hooligans mar Hammers' Cup win: A man has been stabbed as violence erupted between rival football fans outside W.. http://bit.ly/3Z6EU
FOXSPORTSAU_FOO (Fox Sports Australia) Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:32:03 -0000
Hooligans mar Hammers' Cup win: A man has been stabbed as violence erupted between rival football fans outside W.. http://bit.ly/3Z6EU

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